Oil-can.



M. H'. MISFELDT.

OIL CAN.

APPLICATION FILED APR.21. 1918.

1,293,859. Patented Feb. 11,1919.

i of Montana,

' spout 3,

v to .which 113 appertains ing the spout MALTA, MONTANA, ASSIGNOR OF THOMPSON, OF MALTA, MONTANA.

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Specification of Lettersratent. Patented Feb. 11., 1919..

1918. Serial No. 231,126.

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Applicationnled April 27,

pressed between the nipple and finger piece 8, normally holds the valve 6 against the seat l. A pliable gasket is placed upon the upper face of the valve 6 to afiord a tight joint between said valve seat 4.

To prevent ing in the nipple 5, the same is provide with a key 11, which works in a keyway formed in said nipple.

To all whom it may concewi:

1 MAX H. MISE1iJLDT, a

Be it known that citizen of the United States, residing at Malta, in the county of Phillips and State have invented certain new an useful Improvements in Oil-Cans; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact'description of the invention,- such as will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the be provided to acsame. means, of course, may,

My invention relates to oil cans, and has complish this same result. As previously for its object to provide an extremely simple stated, the spring 9 yieldingly holds the and highly efiicient means for normally closthereof to prevent the contents tents of the can in the can from spilling in case said can is oil can is upset. upset. y the finger piece 8, against the tension. of the To the above end, the invention consists spring 9, the valve 6 may be opened at will, of the novel devices and combinations of deto permit a discharge of the contents in the vices hereinafter described and defined in can through the spout 7 by the customary th lai movement of the bottom of said can. As The invention is illustrated in the single soon as the fingerpiece sectional view in the accompanying drawspring 9 will immediately ing. The improved oil can is well adapted to be carried in the tool boxes of automobiles The numeral 1 indicates an oil can having a screw cover 2, to which is secure a or placed where the same is liable to be upset.

with a curved, outer end. he

inner end of the spout 3 is extended slightly What I claim is:

inward of'the inner face of the cover 2 and An oil can having a discharge spout with an oblique nipple afiording a valve stem affords a valve-seat 4. Formed with the spout 3 near seat, a valve arranged to seat against the the inner end thereof and on the opposite side thereof from the direction inner end of said spout and close the same, in which the outer end of said valve having an oblique stem working said spout is curved, is an oblique nipple 5, which extends in said nipple, a finger piece on the outer end of said stem,

upwardly and outwardly with respect to and a coiled spring encirsaid spout and affords a valve stem seat or cling the valve stem and compressed between said finger piece e.

and nippl In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence. of

1 from spilling in case the By'pressing downward on gui e. I

Normally, the spout 3 is closed by a disk h is held against the-seat 4,

valve 6, whic as will presently appear. This .valve '6 is 7 which exrovided with an oblique stem two witnesses.

MAX H. MISFELDT.

tends through the nipple 5 and has, on its Witnesses: outer end, a finger piece 8. A coiled spring MARY B. MoGiLLis,

9, encircling the valve stem 7 and com- W. H. CHASE.

the valve stem 7 from turn- Any other suitable I and the r 

